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5. SIGN
BY-LAW MINOR VARIANCE - 990 HUNT CLUB ROAD DÉROGATION MINEURE AU RÈGLEMENT SUR LES
ENSEIGNES – 990, CHEMIN HUNT CLUB |
Committee recommendation
That Council approve a variance to Sign By-law 2005-439, to permit a new
ground sign with external illumination for the property at 990 Hunt Club Road.
Recommandation DU Comité
Que
le Conseil d’approuver une dérogation au Règlement sur les enseignes 2005-439,
afin de permettre l’installation d’une enseigne au sol avec illumination
extérieure à la propriété située au 990, chemin Hunt Club.
Documentation
1.
Deputy
City Manager's report, Infrastructure Services and Community Sustainability,
dated 7 October 2009 (ACS2008-ICS-PGM-0185).
Report to/Rapport au :
Planning and Environment Committee
Comité de l'urbanisme et de l'environnement
and Council / et au Conseil
07 October 2009 / le 07 octobre 2009
Submitted
by/Soumis par : Nancy
Schepers, Deputy City Manager
Directrice municipale adjointe,
Infrastructure Services and Community Sustainability
Services d’infrastructure et
Viabilité des collectivités
Contact Person/Personne ressource : Sandra Garnett, Manager/Gestionnaire,
Business Integration Services/Services d'intégration des activités, Building
Code Services Branch/ Direction des services du code du bâtiment
(613)
580-2424 x 41544, sandra.garnett@ottawa.ca
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DÉROGATION MINEURE AU RÈGLEMENT SUR LES
ENSEIGNES – 990, chemin hunt club |
REPORT
RECOMMENDATION
That Planning and Environment Committee recommend Council approve a variance to Sign By-law 2005-439, to permit a new ground sign with external illumination for the property at 990 Hunt Club Road.
RECOMMANDATION DU RAPPORT
Que le Comité de l’urbanisme et de
l’environnement recommande au Conseil d’approuver une dérogation au Règlement
sur les enseignes 2005-439, afin de permettre l’installation d’une enseigne au
sol avec illumination extérieure à la propriété située au 990, chemin Hunt
Club.
BACKGROUND
An application has been received for a Minor Variance to Sign By law 2005-439, to permit an internally illuminated ground sign for the retirement residence at 990 Hunt Club Road. The By‑law does not allow a ground sign for this residential use in the associated signage district for this property. If approved, the requested ground sign would have a total area of 1.9 square metres, with a height of two metres and be installed in the front yard of the site. The applicant has stated that the sign is necessary as a standard practice for retirement residences to assist visitors, health practitioners and emergency services to locate the building and to provide information to prospective residents of the home.
DISCUSSION
The property is located on the south side of Hunt Club Road just west of the Airport Parkway (see Document 1). Adjacent uses are residential and institutional. The Windsor Park retirement residence faces a busy four lane arterial roadway. Residential uses to the north are separated by Hunt Club Road and a privacy fence. The proposed signage would face parallel to the roadway within one metre of the front property line (see site plan on Document 2).
In the District regulations for this location, a ground sign for a residential use is not permitted unless it is installed for the use of a high-rise apartment building or for a planned unit development that has more than 10 units. The proposed sign for this retirement residence would comply with most of the standards for a sign for the above listed uses. However, the applicant wishes to install the sign using internal illumination (see elevation plan on Document 3). Signs that use internal illumination often project a higher intensity of lighting than tradition external illumination. In addition, signs with external illumination must project lighting downward.
Given that the proposed retirement home use is similar to the scale of a planned unit development, it would be reasonable to view this development in the same class of uses permitted to have an externally illuminated ground sign for a residential use in a District 2 zone. The sign would be installed parallel to the roadway, which would not affect uses to the side of this site. Residential uses to the north of this location are buffered from the sign with the large separation of Hunt Club Road, the existing fence and mature landscaping near the road allowance area.
The Department, therefore, recommends approval of a sign with the requested size for the retirement home, provided the sign uses external illumination rather than internal illumination.
CONSULTATION
Standard early notification was provided to community and business groups and adjacent owners. Councillor McRae is aware of the application. Of the other respondents, three were in favour of the proposal and two were opposed to the variance application. Those opposed had concerns regarding the proposed sign illumination.
LEGAL/RISK MANAGEMENT IMPLICATIONS
There are no legal/risk management implications associated with this report.
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS
SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION
Document 2 Site
Plan
Document 3 Proposed
Sign Elevation
DISPOSITION
City Clerk and Solicitor Department, Legislative Services, to notify the agent and the local Ward Councillor of Council's decision. Building Code Services will process the sign permit resulting from the Council direction in accordance with Sign By-law 2005-439.
LOCATION PLAN DOCUMENT
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SITE PLAN DOCUMENT
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PROPOSED SIGN
ELEVATION DOCUMENT
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